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Biomimetics and Bionic Applications with Clinical Applications

  • Surveys the recent trends in the interdisciplinary field of biomimetics
  • Showcases state-of-the-art experimental work on bionic and clinical applications of biomimetics
  • Written by experts with academic and professional background, holding more than 50 patents in the area of biomimetics and bionic applications

Part of the book series: Series in BioEngineering (SERBIOENG)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Biomimetics Theoretical Foundation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Biomimetics: A Biosemiotic View

      • Kalevi Kull
      Pages 3-17
  3. Biomimetics Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
    2. Torsional Magnetic Angle for Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

      • Sarah Strauß, Meir Israelowitz, Birgit Weyand, Robert Müller, Henkel Thomas, Dirk Schüler et al.
      Pages 47-59
    3. The Innovative Power of the Electric Eel (Electrophorus electricus)

      • Jenifer Gifford, Matthew Leming
      Pages 71-79
    4. Morphological Study of the Infrared Sensory Pits of Pit Viper, Python and Boa Snakes

      • Birgit Weyand, Meir Israelowitz, Matthias Reuter, Sabine Bohlmann, Robert Wagner, Syed W. H. Rizvi et al.
      Pages 81-103
  4. Biomimetics Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. Biomimetics Strategies to Overcoming Noise

      • Syed W. H. Rizvi, Birgit Weyand, Meir Israelowitz, Christoph Gille, Matthias Reuter, Sabine Bohlmann et al.
      Pages 147-156
  5. Computer Models in Biomimetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Biological Inspired Optical Pattern Analysis by Topological Neurons

      • Matthias Reuter, Sabine Bohlmann
      Pages 159-175
    3. Neural Networks for Modeling Metabolic Pathways

      • Meir Israelowitz, Birgit Weyand, Sabine Bohlmann, James Kramer, Christoph Gille, Syed W. H. Rizvi et al.
      Pages 177-193
    4. Biological Inspired Image Analysis for Medical Applications

      • Matthias Reuter, Sabine Bohlmann
      Pages 211-225
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 227-227

About this book

This book presents current trends and developments in the rapidly growing field of biomimetics. It takes an application-oriented approach to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of this field: Experts, from academic as well as professional backgrounds, contribute to this book by describing and presenting state-of-the-art experiments and practical developments. A strong emphasis is put on the various possibility to apply biomimetics in tissue engineering, regenerative surgery, neurosurgery for clinical applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biomimetics Technologies Inc., Toronto, Canada

    Meir Israelowitz

  • Abteilung für Plastische und Handchirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Birgit Weyand

  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Herbert P. von Schroeder

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Peter Vogt

  • Technical University, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Matthias Reuter

  • (Deceased), Hannover, Germany

    Kerstin Reimers

About the editors

Meir Israelowitz has worked as a research scientist and later as a research professor at the Institute for Complex Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Since 2003 he works in R&D with Biomimetics Technologies, Inc.
Birgit Weyand is a specialist in plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery and works as senior physician at the Medical School of Hannover, Germany. Her research includes stem cells, bioreactors and biomimetics.
Herb P. von Schroeder works in hand and orthopedic surgery and is a professor at the University of Toronto Medical School. His research focusses on the biology of tendon and bone cells.
Peter P. Vogt, director of the department of plastic, hand and reconstructive surgery and professor at the medical school at Hannover University,  is a distinguished expert in wound healing and tissue engineering. In 2007 he was awarded with the German Universities’ Annual Award for Innovations in Medicine for the application of spider silk in nerve tissue reconstruction.
Matthias Reuter investigates  the theory and application of neuronal networks,  stimuli preprocessing-methods . He works in modelling and simulation at the Institute of Informatics of the Technical University Clausthal.

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eBook USD 169.00
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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